Tent.



E D. BEARD.

TENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20. 1917.

Patented Jan. 8,1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

BY ATTom-:Ev

- E. D. BEARD.

TENT.-

APPLICATION HLED xuLY 20.1911.

.11. ,fll I Patented. Jan. 8, 1918.

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Speeication of Letters Eatent.`

llatentedlfan., 3, 1913.,

i Appncaqn fiiea nuy .ao,` 1917. ,serial na. 181,889.

not in use asa tent may be Vfolded intofvery compact form to facilitate jtransp'ortation andV to economie space'in storing,

AV further obj ecti of the.v inventionis .to provide a. `very strong. and ,substant'ial tentwhichmay'be tightly closed at itsbottom and entrance opening to eXclude wind,l rain,

'small animals and the like.`

`vThe inventlon also anns to `g'enerally improve tents to render them more useful, convenientand commercially desirable.

With these and other objects in view as will ``become more app arentas` the .description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a perspective view of the tent showing the entrance opening therein.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the tent.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of the pole joint.

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the joint collapsed.

Referring in detail to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates as an entirety, my improved tent having the inclined top walls 2, rear wall 3 and front a. The top walls are joined along their longitudinal lower side edges to side walls 5 which are connected by rings 6 to pins 7 adapted to be driven into the ground to anchor the lower edges of the side walls in close relation thereto. The lower edges of the rear wall and front closing flaps may also be provided with rings 6 `ancl pins 7 if desired. The rings extend through the Canvas forming the tent which is reinforced so as not to tear away from the rings and the pins are provided with holes to accommodate the rings,

Thefrontyl coinprises the fiaps 8 and 9.

The fiap 8 overlies a portion of the outer face of the flap 9 and may be secu'i'ed in closed position by snap hooks 10 which are carried by the edge of the snap hook and which are engageable in rings 11 secured between the 'tlap 9. As a further securing means, I provide the Vertical edge of the flap 9 with a series of snap hooks 12 which may ``be engaged with rings 13 secured to the inner slide of the fiap 8.

`Each side wall 5 is provided with a bottoin iap 14:, the rear wallis provided with a bottom flap 15 and the front wall Sections are provided with the bottom flaps 16. These fia'ps, when the tent is set up,.are adapted to 'extend at right an'gles to their walls and lie in close contact with the ground, thus forming all around the tent an interior bottom extension which will assistv in excluding wind, rain and other elements from the tent. VVhen desired, these bottoin flaps or Sections Vmay be secured in raised position against the walls to `which they are attached by snap hoolts 17 carried by the flaps and rings 18 carried by the walls of the tent. The hooks are positioned at the ends of the fiaps and each ring is so positioned as to be engaged by a pair of hooks so as to be positioned in the ends of the fiaps and thus economy in hooks and rings is secured.

The poles 19 support the top of the tent in a raised position. Each pole is provided on its upper terminal with a ring or loop 20 which is connected to a ring 21 secured to the apical edge of the tent adjacent one end thereof. The rings 20 and 21 may be united by a snap hook 22 to which is secured a stay rope 23 which is connected by a snap hook 24 and ring 25 to a pin 26. The rope is looped through the eye 27 of the snap hook and may be tensioned by the member 28 as shown.

Each pole is formed in two sections, an upper section 28' and a lower section 29. The lower section 29 is provided on its upper end with a dowel or pin 30 which is receivable in a socket 31 in the upper section 28'. The sections are held in alineinent by a coupling comprising a pair of plates 32 secured to opposite sides of the section 29 and a pair of plates 33 secured to opposite sides of the section 28'. Each plate 32 has an arcuate slot 34 which terminates at its lower end in a reduced straight portion 35 and each plate 33 is formed with a tongue i inent a mirror.

86 adapted to slide into the reduced straight portion 35 of one of the slots 34 and be held against rotation thereby.- When it is desired to fold the pole, it is only necessary to raise the upper section to disengagethe pin 30 from the socket 31 and then move the tongucs 36 into'the eurved portions of the slot and fold the pole sections together.

A ridge rope 37 extends along the interior Vcould be snapped into rings provided in the end of the boat and the sidesnaps into rings on the side of the boat.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be evident that I have provided a very practical, substantial and convenient tent, which may be quickly set up or taken down and which may be folded into very compact form.

. While I have shown and described the preferred embodiments ofiny invention, it will be clearly understood that I do not wish to be limited to this construction, but may make such changes as will 'fall Within the scope and spirit of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is: i

1. In a tent, Vertical walls, bottom flaps permanently secured to said walls and normally disposedat right angles thereto within the tent in engagement withthe ground and means for securing'said flaps in parallelism with and against the walls to which they are attached. i

2. In a tent, Vertical walls, bottom fiaps secui'ed to the lower edges of said walls to lie in contact with the ground7 .snaphooks carried. by said bottoni llaps and rings carried by the walls to whichsaid snap hooks may be eng'a-ged to hold the bottom flaps in raised position. 3. In atent1 Vertical walls, means secured to said walls for holding them in close engagernent with the groim'chbottom flaps secured to said walls and normally disposed at right angles thereto in contact with the ground within the tent,V and coperating means carried by the respective parts for securing said bottom laps in parallelism with and against said VVertical Walls.

In testimony whereof I aftiximy signature.

EL: D. BEARD.

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